FARM GIRL'S CORNER - The Boule is getting pretty deep

Hi! Farm Girl here with the 6th update on our Boule D'or (yellow turnip) crop which was sown August 17th, making this the 5th week of growth. The excitement around the shed is well nigh unbearable.

As is the smell of methane. It was chili and burrito night last night, Leatherfaces' special recipe. Let us not dwell on the topic.

FARM GIRL

And here are our little Boules on September 21. Doing nicely, but Uncle Mac has decided to give them a spritz of fish emulsion as a foliar spray. Not that they particularly need it, in my opinion, but because the wind is blowing directly toward our "favorite" neighbor. Delacroix suggested Saran but that seems a tad excessive. For now.

BOULES, WITH BRUSSELS SPROUTS IN FOREGROUND, WEEK 5

And now the moment you have really been waiting for, an update on the life and times of Mr. Big, our very own celebrity rutabaga.

MR. BIG WITH OTHERS OF HIS ILK IN THE BACKGROUND

Mr. Big is now a portly 18" in circumference and we expect great things from him as time goes by. Other, lesser rutabagi can also be detected in this shot. The out of focus white blot to the right of the picture is a butternut squash, apparently come to visit. Always welcome at Uncle mac's, are butternut squash.

Well that is about that for this weeks update. As always, thanks for visiting Farm Girl's Corner!

Lead photo courtesy of April May Maple who retains all rights:

Lead photo model: April May Maple